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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">Karamu House<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">presents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">DAY OF ABSENCE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">Written by Douglas Turner Ward<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">Running NOW Thru November 18, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">Arena Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Karamu presents Douglas Turner Ward’s one-act satire
</span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">Day of Absence
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">now through Sunday November 18, 2018</span><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">.
<span style="color:black">Directed by Karamu House Line Producer, Nathan A. Lilly,
</span>this laugh-out-loud comedy features <span style="color:black">Robert Hunter as The Mayor, Jailyn Harris as Jackson the Assistant, and
</span>Sherrie Tolliver <span style="color:black">as the TV Announcer. </span>Performed in reverse minstrel style, the reimagined classic comedy<span style="color:black"> runs in Karamu’s Arena Theatre.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">For tickets, call
<b><span style="color:#7030A0">216.795.7077</span></b><span style="color:#7030A0">
</span>or visit <a href="http://www.karamuhouse.org"><b><span style="color:#7030A0">www.karamuhouse.org</span></b></a>.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">SYNOPSIS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">A one-act hilarious satire about an imaginary Southern town where all the black people have suddenly disappeared. The only ones left are sick and lying in hospital
beds, refusing to get well. The Mayor sends a national plea for the blacks, “wherever they are,” to come back. In the end the blacks begin to reappear, as mysteriously as they had vanished, and the white community, sobered by what has transpired, breathes
a sigh of relief at the return of the rather uneasy status quo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:red">SPECIAL FOR NEOHIOPAL SUBSCRIBERS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:red">BUY-ONE! GET-ONE!<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:red">USE CODE “BOGODOA”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:red">AND SAVE 50% OFF YOUR ORDER</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">Offer valid on regular adult ticket price only.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">All tickets based on availability.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">THE ACTING COMPANY
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Robert Hunter</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black"> - The Mayor
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Jailyn Sherell Harris</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black"> - Jackson, Mayor's Assistant
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">Sherrie Tolliver</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">
<span style="color:black">- TV Announcer <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Lachaka A. Askew<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Jeannine Gaskin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Maya T. Jones<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Austin Blake Sasser<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">Prophet D. Seay<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Nate Summers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">The CREATIVE TEAM
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Director:
<b>Nathan A. </b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">Lilly</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Stage Manager + Props Manager:
<b>Mia Jones</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Scenic
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">Design<span style="color:black"> + Technical Director:
<b>Prophet Seay</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Lighting Design:
<b>Colleen Albrecht</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Costume Design:
<b>Inda Blatch-Geib</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Sound Design:
<b>Jeremy Dobbins</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Wardrobe Coordinator:
<b>Brielle McGrew</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black">Executive Producer:
<b>Tony F. Sias</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">Karamu House</span></b><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">, the oldest multicultural performing arts center in the country,<b>
</b>is located at 2355 East 89th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44106. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">Tickets range from $25–$40.
<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">$40 for adults, $35 for seniors, and $20 for students (<i>with valid ID</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">Special savings for groups of 25+!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">For tickets, please call
</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">216.795.7077</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">
</span><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">or visit </span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#7030A0"><a href="http://www.karamuhouse.org"><span style="color:#7030A0">www.karamuhouse.org</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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